Christian Benteke celebrates after scoring Aston Villa's fourth goal
Benteke and Agbonlahor combined to leave Gus Poyet's job hanging by a thread as the visitors tore Sunderland apart.
Villa, who had scored only four Barclays Premier League goals on the road all season, doubled their tally inside 44 remarkable minutes, and but for a glaring miss by Scott Sinclair, could have led 5-0 at the break.
However, doubles from Benteke – his first ended a 614-minute wait for an away goal in the league – and Agbonlahor gave them a commanding lead they never looked like surrendering as they ran out 4-0 winners.
That left Poyet, who was confronted by angry supporters close to his dug-out, to walk the gauntlet as the locals among a crowd of 45,746 – the biggest of the season – at the Stadium of Light, voted with their feet with many leaving long before the final whistle.
The victory means Villa move up to 16 in the table with 28 points, while Sunderland sit a place above the relegation zone on 26.
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